"Eric brings a level of expertise that will help Michael Waltrip
Racing become a major force in the near future," Michael Waltrip
said. "He joins us following a successful five-year period at
Evernham Motorsports. Under Eric's leadership, they won 13 Cup
races, with six of those occurring last season alone. He could have
united with any team, but he chose us and we are fortunate and proud to
have him here today."

The recent hire of Warren fills a position that has been vacant at MWR
since its inception. The Mt. Airy, N.C. was glad to accept MWR's
offer for numerous reasons.

"I've known Michael for a long time," said Warren, who
has a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University.
"He's given me the opportunity to come to his team where I
feel like I can help make a difference. I felt like it's hard to do
that at established teams that are already winning. Because of my
relationship with Michael and Toyota, I want to be here to contribute to
the organization and build on their strengths to run better."

As Technical Director, Warren will have various responsibilities.

"I will oversee all the engineering, test teams as well as all the
fabrication of the cars," Warren said. "It's a building
process, which is something I went through at Evernham. We started
building and growing and we eventually we won races."

Warren sees potential in MWR and he looks forward to the future.

"David (Reutimann) is running well and there is proof of
performance capability," Warren said. "By providing
leadership and getting process and structure in place, our goal will be
to make all the races. Then we go after top-20s, top-10s and gradually
that builds into a championship team over time. There is so much
potential here. This is a good place to work and we want to continue to
create an environment where people want to come here."